Pathways to Sustainable Northern Communities – Regional Empowerment for Change Fourth Jokkmokk Winter Conference on Climate Change, Jokkmokk/Sweden, January 31 – February 3, 2011. Jokkmokk Winter Conference is an annual international forum for young researchers, entrepreneurs and opinion builders from Northern Europe, Canada, the US and Russia. One main target is to contribute to regional [...]

After a meeting in Brussels on January 13, AER President Michèle Sabban and the Commissioner for Climate Action Connie HEDEGAARD agreed the way forward to overcome the economic and ecological crisis Strasbourg (F), 13 January 2011. Michèle SABBAN, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) met this morning with EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie [...]

After having made 2010 the Year of Biodiversity, The United Nations will make 2011 Year of the Forests. Lungs of the Planet, economic  pole and biodiversity temple, forests are nowadays 31% of the surface of the continents. There are many known facts about the importance of the preservation of the forest, but new studies show [...]

The Spanish regional government of Extremadura and La Caixa have renewed an agreement for the conservation of protected natural areas in the region. This agreement will give priority to the employment of people at risk of social exclusion through improving natural areas and the preservation of biodiversity. The renewal of this agreement will make a [...]

A new deal has been unveiled to tackle the problem of inadequately insulated homes in the UK. Labelled ‘a green deal’, the scheme will allow people to request a loan from their energy suppliers to cover the cost of insulation, instead of paying in advance. Chris Huhne, Britain’s Energy Secretary, announced the plan as part [...]

A group of experts and government advisers, the Climate Change Committee, have warned the government that the current poer market is not efficient enough to meet future targets. Suggestions have therefore been made to push the government to decide how much clean and renewable energy is needed. The government has welcomed this proposition and will [...]

President Abdullah Gül has said Turkey is aware of its global responsibility on climate change and energy security. Speaking at a meeting of the Turkish-Swiss Business Council in Zurich on Friday, Gül said Turkey and Switzerland could cooperate on clean energy technology. He said Turkey attaches great importance to the development of recycled energy resources, [...]

Last weekend, Rabat, Casablanca, Kenitra, Meknès, Essaouira, Ouarzazate, Khouribga, Settat, Temara and Benslimane signed the “Global Pact of cities on climate”. One of the Pact’s main points is the reduction of CO2 emissions of at least 20% by 2020. This is a real challenge fir those cities but they are determined to send a signal [...]

Tomorrow, various events, organized by the Consulate of Bolivia in Valencia in collaboration with the Poble Valencià Initiative will take place in order to promote the realization of a global referendum on climate change ahead of the Environmental Summit to be held in Cancun (Mexico) at the end of November, as reported by sources within [...]

The company has asked for the CRC to be extended as it seems that thousands of UK businesses haven’t registered yet. The deadline is today, October 5th 2010. The official definition for the CRC is: “UK’s mandatory climate change and energy saving scheme. The scheme started in April 2010 and is administered by the Environment [...]